"No repression in Catalonia, Spain is not Yugoslavia"

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has assessed that the situation in Catalonia cannot be compared to that in the former Yugoslavia.

"There is no problem of human rights violations in Catalonia, because the Catalans, who are dear to me and whose culture I respect, are not under Spain's repression. It is impossible to draw parallels with Slovenia and other countries of the former Yugoslavia with what is happening in Catalonia," he told Portugal's RTP broadcaster.